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521 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFuture Tech Health Brings all the Latest News in the World of Medicine, Bioengineering, Keto, Stem Cell Technology and Much More.
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Thinking Your Way Out of Chronic Insomnia—Sasha Stephens—Author of The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems and Creator of Sleep For Life
June 10, 2019 09:46 - 41 minutes - 29.7 MB“Great sleep is available for all of us…this is not some great disease that we need to treat with medicine or with some sort of special device; sleep is an innate ability that we all have…and it’s still perfect in every single one of us, and as the years go on I become more and more convinced of this: no one is broken, no one has a disease; all they have is some unhelpful thinking and unhelpful habits that are getting in the way of letting that natural ability to sleep come out and show itse...
Addressing what Conventional Orthodontics Doesn’t—Barry Raphael, Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry—The Raphael Center for Integrative Orthodontics
June 03, 2019 09:41 - 32 minutes - 28.8 MBDespite a growing body of research on the connection, most people still believe that sleep has little to do with dentistry. In fact, for the 27 years that Dr. Barry Raphael practiced conventional orthodontics, he—along with many other orthodontists who received conventional training—didn’t truly understand or emphasize the connection between the two. It wasn’t until about 10 years ago after encountering a typical problem in orthodontics—an open bite due to tongue thrust—that he began looking...
Finding Success in the Combination of Western and Chinese Medicine—Shiroko Sokitch, MD—Heart to Heart Medical Center
June 03, 2019 09:29 - 42 minutes - 28.8 MBMany people see Western and Chinese medicine as being at complete odds with one another, but after over three decades of practicing them in conjunction and seeing an 85 percent success rate in alleviating her patient’s symptoms, Dr. Shiroko Sokitch disagrees. She began her career in medicine with the same goal as many other doctors: to save people’s lives. And despite having the chance to do that during her time as a surgical resident, Dr. Sokitch didn’t feel satisfied with the type of work ...
Gut Microbiome – Stephanie Schnorr, University of Nevada, Las Vegas – The Power of the Gut, and How Our Bodies React to What They Take In
June 03, 2019 08:21 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBIn this podcast, Stephanie Schnorr, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, talks about the power of the gut microbiome. Schnorr is a biological anthropologist who is interested in digestion, our diets in general (currently and historically), and the gut microbiome. Much of her research seeks to answer the question of how humans have quite large brains. Her research has led her to study dietary behavior and various physiological adaptations and how they relate to passing human environments. Sch...
Advancing Stem Cell Uses – Donny Hanjaya-Putra, University of Notre Dame – Pushing Stem Cell Therapy to the Next Level for Targeted Cellular Repair
June 03, 2019 07:39 - 35 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this podcast, Donny Hanjaya-Putra, a researcher at the University of Notre Dame, provides a detailed overview of his work with stem cells. Hanjaya-Putra earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and he holds a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as well, from the University of Notre Dame. This interesting podcast allows Hanjaya-Putra to explain how his team utilizes engineering principles to manipulate stem cell differentiation. Han...
Learning from Plant Evolution In Order to Engineer Around It—Dr. Clay Wright—Virginia Tech Department of Biological Systems Engineering
June 03, 2019 07:23 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBAs a result of climate change, the environmental fluctuations currently experienced by plants will only increase in the coming years, which could lead to devastating consequences for plant health and food production. At the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Dr. Clay Wright’s work is centered on trying to better understand plant behavior in order to manipulate it in such a way as to increase their robustness and plasticity, thereby preempting the coming environmental...
Designing, Personalizing, and Printing Ingestible Biomedical Devices—Dr. Yong Lin Kong—University of Utah College of Engineering
May 30, 2019 06:58 - 25 minutes - 18.8 MBConventional biomedical device manufacturing methods have several shortcomings and are limited in what they can create by geometrical, material, and mechanical barriers. But at the University of Utah College of Engineering, these barriers are being broken down by a new approach to the manufacturing of biomedical devices: multi-scale, multi-material, 3D-printing. Unlike conventional methods, this approach is allowing for the creation of biomedical devices that can be ingested rather than surg...
Turning Life into Software–Tarun Wadhwa—On the Current and Future State of CRISPR Technology
May 29, 2019 10:36 - 34 minutes - 29.4 MBImagine gene editing technology being as ubiquitous as smartphones—an editing device in every teenager’s pocket capable of altering, creating, and transforming life as we know it. It sounds like science fiction—perhaps a terrifying version of it—but so was CRISPR technology until just a few years ago in 2013. CRISPR gene editing technology adapts a system that’s been used by bacteria for millions of years as a way of fighting off viruses and involves removing or inserting portions of code in...
The Missed Connection: Jaw Shrinkage and Poor Sleep—Sandra Kahn and Paul Ehrlich—Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic
May 29, 2019 07:36 - 53 minutes - 47.2 MBWhen asked what causes crowding in the mouth and the consequent need for braces, most dentists and orthodontists will point to genetics, but they probably won’t be able to point to a significant amount of evidence in support of that position. According to Sandra Kahn, Paul Ehrlich, and a number of under-acknowledged studies, the increased incidences of crowding in the mouth over the past few hundred years is related to decreased jaw size, which is related entirely to the environment in which...
Where Medicine and Storytelling Intersect-Thomas Hager-Author of Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
May 29, 2019 06:16 - 32 minutes - 26.9 MBBehind every pharmaceutical development and scientific discovery, there’s a story to be told, and Thomas Hager has made it his life’s work to tell those stories. His path to becoming a well-known and successful author of narrative nonfiction works began in the lab, where he would work on various projects in medical microbiology and developed the knowledge base which would ultimately inform his writing. He joins the podcast today to discuss how drugs have shaped the history of medicine and i...
Improving Our Sleep–Hugo Mercier, CEO of Dreem, Sleep Quality Innovators – Tech, Data, and the Path to Better Sleep
May 28, 2019 08:45 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this podcast, Hugo Mercier, the CEO of Dreem, discusses his company’s new product that is literally helping people get better sleep and improve their lives. Mercier provides an overview of their groundbreaking new sleep product, a headband, an app that measures how we sleep. Sleep disturbances through the night, insomnia, taking a long time to fall asleep… the list of potential sleep problems is a long one, and Mercier has developed a product, along with his team of science-oriented tech...
Baby Brains–Dr. Jonathan Delafield Butt, PhD in Developmental Neurobiology – Early Consciousness of the Human Mind
May 24, 2019 06:50 - 33 minutes - 24 MBIn this informative podcast, Dr. Jonathan Delafield-Butt of the University of Strathclyde, provides a detailed overview of his work studying early consciousness of the human mind. Delafield-Butt’s work is especially focused on consciousness and psychological development. Delafield-Butt holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of Edinburgh Medical School and he is a recent contributor to the celebrated book, The Infant Mind: Origins of the Social Brain. Delafield-Butt ...
Better Businesses, Better People—Minter Dial—Author of Heartificial Empathy Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence
May 23, 2019 10:35 - 42 minutes - 28.5 MBOver the past couple of decades, there’s been a marked decrease in the number of people who perceive empathy both in their own actions and in their interactions with others. Many people are quick to blame automation and the prominence of technological devices—which could very well be big contributors—but ultimately, the lack of empathy is being reported by people in people-dominated industries. According to Minter Dial, running a good business means being empathetic toward customers, which m...
Are Cells Conscious? – Arthur S. Reber, Noted Author, Professor, and Renowned Cognitive Psychologist – The Conscious Cells
May 23, 2019 10:05 - 53 minutes - 46.6 MBIn this podcast, celebrated author and noted cognitive psychologist, Arthur S. Reber, talks about his amazing research into cell consciousness, and the remarkable discoveries in regard to implicit learning. The author and psychologist, Reber, received a BA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an MA and Ph.D. from Brown University. Reber talks about implicit learning. He recounts a significant moment earlier in his life in which he watched a simple caterpillar making...
Psychedelics: The Gateway to Identifying, Dismantling, and Reconstructing the Core Unconscious Beliefs Holding You Back—Bruce Sanguin—Author of Dismantled: How Love and Psychedelics Broke a Clergyman Apart, and Put Him Back Together
May 23, 2019 09:02 - 31 minutes - 26.6 MBThere’s something wrong with me…I’m bad…I don’t belong…I don’t deserve love; these are some of the most common core unconscious beliefs that frame people’s reality, preventing them from identifying the traumatic experiences which led to the development of those beliefs to begin with and therefore preventing them from dismantling and rebuilding them. After devoting three decades’ worth of his life to ministry in a progressive church, Bruce Sanguin took a path filled with psychedelics, psychoth...
Bacteria Banter – Fatima AlZahra´a Alatraktchi, Nanophysicist, PhD Thesis of the Year Award Winner – Understanding Bacteria Communication and the Implications for Developing Prediagnostic Tools
May 22, 2019 10:22 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBIn this exciting podcast, Fatima AlZahra´a Alatraktchi, Ph.D., nanophysics, discusses bacteria communication and the future of diagnosing infection. Fatima AlZahra´a Alatraktchi is a celebrated nanophysicist. Her innovative research garnered her the Ph.D. thesis of the year award for, Micro- and nano-sensors for early diagnosis of bacterial infections. Fatima talks about her interests and the pathway she took to begin her current bacteria research. She discusses how her primary goal was to ...
The Diabetes Plan – Adam Brown, Senior Editor of diaTribe, an Online Community for Those with Diabetes – Managing Diabetes Effectively, New Strategies, New Ways to Monitor
May 22, 2019 07:35 - 40 minutes - 38.8 MBIn this podcast, Adam Brown, senior editor of diaTribe, an online community for those with diabetes, shares his personal story of diabetes management. Adam shares valuable diabetes information gathered from nearly two decades of living with and managing his own diabetes. In his book, Bright Spots & Landmines, he delves into diabetes management with tips and strategies aimed at living a healthier life. The book seeks to answer questions and address issues that many people have after their di...
From the Lab to the Clinic: Engineered Complex Tissues—Dr. Lawrence Bonassar—The Bonassar Research Group
May 22, 2019 06:53 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBMany of the tissues in the human body perform important mechanical functions, which allow us to move, perform complex tasks, and navigate our environment. Articular cartilage, meniscus cartilage, and intervertebral disk tissues are just a few examples, and in Dr. Lawrence Bonassar’s lab at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, he and his team are engineering these tissues in the lab, designing them to fit the anatomical needs of individual recipients, and implant...
Addressing and Working to Solve the Mystery Surrounding Fibromyalgia—Dr. David Brady, MD—The Fibro Fix
May 21, 2019 08:14 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBDespite a large and growing body of research on fibromyalgia and a number of hypotheses as to what causes it and how it can potentially be treated, the condition remains somewhat of an undefined mystery, leading to misdiagnoses, mistreatment, and continued suffering on behalf of those who are left to deal with the symptoms on a daily basis. Dr. David Brady is a leader in the area of fibromyalgia diagnosis, treatment, and management, as well as the other of The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Y...
Targeted Protein Modifications Using a Synthetic Organelle—Christopher Reinkemeier—Institute of Molecular Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
May 21, 2019 07:20 - 20 minutes - 15 MBChristopher Reinkemeier is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Molecular Biology at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, where he has been working on the development of a synthetic organelle that can be inserted in living cells and translate one mRNA (messenger RNA) to produce a specifically modified protein. The mechanism is based on genetic code expansion, which is a technique that’s been around for many years and involves artificially changing units of genetic code to encode certain am...
Cellular-Sized Robots – Dr. Volodymyr Koman, Postdoc, MIT– Innovative Uses for Colloidal State Machines That Could Change Modern Medicine
May 21, 2019 06:01 - 33 minutes - 31.7 MBIn this interesting podcast, Dr. Volodymyr Koman, a postdoc at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks about his extensive work with cell-sized robots. After receiving his Ph.D. in Photonics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Dr. Koman accelerated his research studying and developing cell-sized robots, which he refers to as ‘colloidal state machines.’ As he describes, they are essentially state machines that can perform computations while on board a particle. Dr. Ko...
Plant Cognition—Frantisek Baluska, Ph.D.—Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn
May 20, 2019 09:59 - 51 minutes - 46.6 MBFrantisek Baluska, Ph.D. is a researcher at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany at the University of Bonn in Germany, where he focuses on root apices—a fascinating plant organ that has the complicated task of searching soils for water and mineral nutrients while avoiding toxic heavy metals also present in soils. Dr. Baluska explains that roots behave in much more complex ways than previously thought, using complex sensory systems to navigate their environment and relying upon cogn...
Better Breathing, Better Health – Patrick McKeown, Breathing Expert and Author of Close Your Mouth: Buteyko Clinic Handbook for Perfect Health – Utilizing the Buteyko Method to Combat Health Issues and Improve the Quality of Life
May 20, 2019 08:55 - 37 minutes - 36.7 MBIn this podcast, Patrick McKeown talks about the power of the Buteyko Method, and how it offers better health through better breathing. McKeown suffered for 20 years before discovering the breathing method that literally transformed his life. The Buteyko Method solved McKeown’s multiple problems such as wheezing, coughing, and a feeling of being constantly tired. He outlines various techniques people can use to decongest and rediscover the power of nasal breathing. McKeown details how nasal...
Tapping Techniques – Gene Monterastelli of Tapping Q&A – The Power of Tapping & How It Can Help You Break Free from an Assortment of Troubling Issues, Conditions, and Problems
May 20, 2019 07:02 - 37 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this podcast, Gene Monterastelli, founder of Tapping Q&A (tappingqanda.com) and creator of the audio book, Recovering Self: A Healing Manifesto, talks about how tapping techniques can be used to help people improve their lives and defeat problems. Monterastelli was educated at the prestigious Catholic University of America. After graduation, it was his struggle with social anxiety that motivated him to find a solution. He recounts some traumatic experiences he had when his social anxi...
Thyroid Thoughts – Meghna Thacker, Thyroid Expert, Doctor, and Author – Thyroid Conditions, Advice and Strategy for Improving Health
May 15, 2019 10:35 - 30 minutes - 20.3 MBIn this podcast, Meghna Thacker, author of the celebrated book titled, Seven Steps to Heal Your Thyroid: A proven plan to Increase Energy, Elevate Mood & Optimize Weight shares her lifetime of knowledge on thyroid issues and problems—and how to overcome them. As a seasoned thyroid expert, Dr. Thacker has a special focus on thyroid disease. Frustrated by her own struggles with Hashimoto’s and hypothyroidism, she set out to make an impact and help others who also suffered. Her popular book, ...
Emotional Rescue – Rana Gujral, CEO, Behavioral Signals – The Emotional Subtext—What Our Speech is REALLY Communicating and How AI is Enhancing Communication Experiences
May 15, 2019 07:05 - 41 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this podcast, Rana Gujral, the enthusiastic CEO of Behavioral Signals, provides his insight on the technology that is enhancing our communication experiences. Gujral is an experienced business entrepreneur, skilled in many areas of technology and the practical business uses of tech including enterprise software and technologies for emerging markets. Gujral has had many successful ventures and has been a critical member of the leadership at multiple companies such as TiZE Inc., a popular...
Understanding the Sensory Sensitivity Continuum—Lindsey Biehl –Occupational Therapist and Author of Award-Winning Book, Raising a Sensory Smart Child
May 14, 2019 10:52 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBAs adults, we have learned how to create lives within which we can manage our pet peeves, have access to our preferences, and generally avoid our dislikes, but for kids who rely upon sensory input from the environment in order to navigate within it, this can be a lot more difficult and complicated by bullying and teasing. And the more sensitive a child is to the stimuli in their environment, the more difficult it will be for them to adjust. As an occupational therapist, Lindsey Biehl has ma...
Challenging the Stigma of Sleep Apnea and CPAP Machines—Stacy Erickson Edwards—CPAPBabes
May 13, 2019 09:44 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MBStacy Erickson Edwards was a 32-year-old otherwise healthy individual when she was diagnosed with sleep apnea; having always associated this condition with older, overweight, and just generally unhealthy people, this diagnosis confounded her, but at the same time compelled her to challenge the assumptions and stereotypes that characterized her perception of sleep apnea and the machines used for treating it. The more she learned about the condition, the more she realized how inaccurate these ...
Aggregating Data for the Betterment of Individuals and Research—Bastian Tzovaras—Open Humans Foundation
May 13, 2019 06:43 - 32 minutes - 29.1 MBAs an outgrowth of the Personal Genome Project, the Open Humans Foundation is a non-profit organization that encourages people to collect, aggregate and make the most of their data. In today’s world, it’s possible to collect data on nearly every aspect of our lives, from our DNA to the number of steps we took on our morning jog. But according to Bastian Tzovaras, head of research at Open Humans Foundation, we aren’t using our data to its full potential. On today’s episode, he discusses how he...
Healthy Ways – Doctor Louise Short, National Clinical Leader for Strategic Benefit Advisors – Healthcare for the Future -- the Good, the Innovative, and the Hope it Brings
May 10, 2019 09:45 - 34 minutes - 30 MBIn this podcast, Louise Short, MD, MSc, National Clinical Leader for Strategic Benefit Advisors provides an overview of healthcare, health management, and employer options that can enhance overall health. Louise Short holds degrees from Harvard, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. And she is a recognized leader in multiple areas of healthcare management and innovation. Dr. Short works with employers to develop new strategies that can assist ...
The Microbiome as a Diagnostic and Preventative Tool in Medicine—Dr. Sandrine Miller-Montgomery—UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation
May 10, 2019 07:06 - 34 minutes - 31 MB“You cannot touch anything on planet Earth without finding yourself confronted with microbiome science, which was until very recently not looked at, at all,” says Dr. Sandrine Miller-Montgomery, executive director and professor of bioengineering at the UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation. She goes on to remind us of something that might be easy to forget: for millions of years prior to the existence of humans, the microbiome was evolving and adapting, resulting in the great diversi...
Hidden Hypothyroidism – Rachel Hill, Founder of the Popular Website The Invisible Hypothyroidism – Hypothyroidism, The Troubling Symptoms and What You Can Do After Diagnosis
May 09, 2019 07:57 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBAuthor Bio: Rachel Hill, a highly ranked thyroid patient advocate, writer, and author, created the award-winning advocacy and website: The Invisible Hypothyroidism. Diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto’s, she talks openly and honestly about what it’s like to have these and what has helped her and many others to recover their health and thrive with thyroid disease. She is passionate about helping those with hypothyroidism and giving them a voice and is well recognized as a valuable con...
Uncovering the Role & Function of Non-coding RNA-Dr. Andreas Werner-Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University
May 09, 2019 07:41 - 34 minutes - 29.3 MBThe Human Genome Project has brought us great strides closer to understanding the role of every element in the genome, including large portions of it that for years have been considered nonfunctional or otherwise insignificant: noncoding RNA. In his research at the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences at Newcastle University in the UK, Dr. Andreas Werner is focusing on noncoding RNA, and looking specifically at what are referred to as natural antisense transcripts (NATs), which may p...
Uncovering the Six Root Causes of Skin Issues—Dr. Trevor Cates—The Spa Doctor
May 07, 2019 09:21 - 35 minutes - 24 MBBio: Dr. Trevor Cates is founder and owner of The Spa Dr. and author of the bestselling book Clean Skin From Within. She was the first woman licensed as a naturopathic doctor in California and currently lives in Park City, Utah where she helps patients from around the world achieve graceful aging and glowing skin. Dr. Cates is host of The Spa Dr. weekly podcast and has her own PBS special, Younger Skin From Within. She believes the key to healthy skin is inner and outer nourishment with non-...
Healthy Balance– Katelyn Parsons, Holistic Health – Lifestyle and Nutritional Changes for Improved Health, Focus, and Success
May 07, 2019 05:59 - 32 minutes - 21.7 MBIn this interesting podcast, Katelyn Parsons, holistic health coach (<a href="http://katelynparsons.com">katelynparsons.com</a>), discusses her work with clients, helping them achieve their goals and find a healthy path. Katelyn talks about her personal background and the struggles she dealt with as a young girl then on into her 20s, feeling bad about her body and trying to lose weight, that ultimately led to a devastating long-term bout with bulimia. After hitting rock bottom, Katelyn rea...
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance with the Product of Millions of Years of Evolution—Monique van Hoek & Barney Bishop—Antimicrobial Discovery Research
May 07, 2019 05:21 - 32 minutes - 28 MBBacteriologist, Monique van Hoek, and peptide chemist, Barney Bishop, have been collaborating since 2009 in the effort to find new and effective sources of antimicrobial peptides—molecules that are produced naturally in the body and allow for strong innate immunity. They’re looking in a place not many others are: in the blood of Komodo dragons. Bishop explains that reptiles have robust immune systems that rely on innate immunity as the first line of defense much more so than mammals, which i...
Seeking Sleep – Teresa Rebelo Pinto, Center of Sleep Medicine in Portugal – The Importance of Sleep, Understanding It and Improving It for Better Health
May 06, 2019 12:09 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this informative podcast, Teresa Rebelo Pinto of CENC, Center of Sleep Medicine, Portugal, discusses sleep, psychology, and her efforts to educate the public on the subject of sleep. Teresa Rebelo Pinto discusses her background in sleep science. Through her work at the CENC, Lisbon Sleep Medicine Center as a psychologist and somnologist, Teresa is intimately involved with the center’s mission to help people understand sleep, and find ways of improving it in order to lead healthier lives....
How Fixing One Problem Actually Fixes Two: How to Promote Good Sleep Patterns in Your Infant—Dr. Carey Chronis—Dr. Carey’s Baby Care
May 06, 2019 10:58 - 24 minutes - 23 MBAt what point do you stop tending to a crying infant at night? At what point do your attempts to rush in and comfort them actually lead to more harm, and more difficult-to-overcome challenges than simply letting them work through it on their own? Dr. Carey Chronis, respected pediatrician and host of Dr. Carey’s Baby Care in Ventura, CA, gives a relatively simple answer to these seemingly complex questions: four months. Most parents have difficulty simply letting their child cry, and have to ...
Identifying How and Why Post-Stroke Functional Improvement Occurs—Dr. Svetlana Pundik—Cleveland FES Center
May 06, 2019 09:54 - 33 minutes - 28.7 MBA stroke can happen to anyone at any moment, but the effects can last for a lifetime. What determines whether and to what degree a person will recover from deficits brought about by a stroke? What’s happening in the brain when months or even years after a stroke, a patient begins to see functional improvement? These are the types of questions that guide Dr. Svetlana Pundik’s work on a daily basis. As a stroke neurologist, Dr. Pundik sees patients in the acute stages of stroke—just minutes an...
Sleep & Circadian Rhythms – Catia Reis, PhD Student, Faculty of Medicine at Lisbon University – Understanding How We Sleep and Its Impact on Health & Safety
May 02, 2019 11:02 - 43 minutes - 31.3 MBCatia Reis is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Medicine at Lisbon University. Lisbon University is a public research university, one of the largest in Portugal. And the Faculty of Medicine is a top medical school with an established history dating back to the 19th century. Catia Reis discusses her interest, and background, in the area of sleep and circadian rhythms. She recounts how her earlier work in marine biology stimulated her interest in sleep deprivation and fatigue, and ultimately ...
Thyroid Diseases, Nutrition, and DNA Health Testing—Beran Parry—Certified Nutritional Therapist, Exercise Physiologist, Eating Behavior Specialist, Health Coach
May 01, 2019 10:03 - 30 minutes - 21.6 MBBeran Parry was introduced to the world of alternative medicine in a South-African-based integrative medicine center as a young adult, and this is where her interest in healthy living—and all of the aspects involved in it and required for it—arose. Today, she is a well-regarded expert in the field of nutrition and exercise physiology, an eating behavior specialist, a health coach, and one of Amazon’s most popular authors. On today’s episode, she discusses diseases and removal of the thyroid ...
The Powerful Influence of Your Environment on Your Happiness—Elisha Goldstein—The Center for Mindful Living
May 01, 2019 09:11 - 35 minutes - 23.3 MBAt this point in my life…it’s crystal clear that the people we surround ourselves with...have a major impact on the way that we think, on the way that we feel, and the way that we behave,” says Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., speaking from personal experience. He joins the podcast to explain the road that led him to become the founder of The Center for Mindful Living in West Los Angeles, author of Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion and The Now Effect: H...
Mutation & Change – Kunwoo Lee, PhD, CEO and Co-founder of GenEdit – Gene Editing That Can Help Combat Disease
May 01, 2019 05:20 - 32 minutesKunwoo Lee, Ph.D., CEO, and co-founder of GenEdit delivers an interesting overview of his company’s groundbreaking work in gene editing. GenEdit is a future-forward company that has a primary focus on genome editing, developing advanced technologies for CRISPR/Cas9 based therapeutics. Their proprietary technology supports the delivery of unique gene editors to an array of tissues utilizing nanoparticles that are non-viral and also polymer-based delivery vehicles. Lee talks about the origin...
The Psychological Aspects of Sleep—Lynelle Schneeberg, Psy.D—Yale School of Medicine
April 30, 2019 07:42 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MBWhen you think of insomnia or poor sleep habits, the first thing that comes to your mind might not be cognitive behavioral therapy, but according to sleep psychologist and assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, Lynelle Schneeberg, sleep behavior and the way we think about it has a much greater impact on it than most people realize. It is this overlap between psychology and medicine that has always intrigued Dr. Schneeberg, and ultimately what compelled her to ...
Next-Generation Imaging Technology—Abdul Hamid Halabi—NVIDIA
April 30, 2019 07:07 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBAbdul Hamid Halabi is the head of healthcare at NVIDIA, and he offers an interesting look into the technology being offered by Clara, a new platform that’s bringing graphics processing unit (GPU) enabled imaging instruments to the medical world for faster reconstruction and higher quality images with up to an 80 percent reduction in irradiation to the patient. In addition to better graphics and higher resolution images, Halabi discusses the powerful upgrade in scientific computing brought by...
Extending and Improving Quality of Life through Regenerative Medicine—Elizabeth Parrish—BioViva Science
April 30, 2019 06:24 - 42 minutes - 36.7 MB"Why do we let people die without accessing technology that in both research and offshore use…shows promise?” That was the question that Elizabeth Parrish found herself asking in 2013 after her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and her inquiries about stem cell and bio-banking resources were immediately shut down as experimental medicine and therefore inaccessible. This compelled her to begin a journey for patient advocacy. She’s now the CEO of BioViva Science, a company that doesn’t j...
Doing Away with the Inpatient Model of Addiction Treatment and Detoxification—Dr. Indra Cidambi—Center for Network Therapy
April 29, 2019 06:00 - 37 minutes - 31.3 MBAs the founder and medical director of the Center for Network Therapy, New Jersey’s first state-licensed outpatient detoxification care and treatment facility, Dr. Indra Cidambi has made it her life’s work to help more people suffering from addiction by restructuring the way treatment is carried out and by increasing accessibility to it. She is well-recognized as a pioneer and leading expert in the field of addiction medicine, and she joins the podcast today to discuss the benefits of outpat...
Meeting the Demand for Sleep Disorder Treatment A Glimpse Into the World of Sleep Telemedicine—Dr. Barry Fields—Atlanta VA Medical Center and Emory University
April 29, 2019 05:31 - 47 minutes - 32.2 MBApproximately 15-20% of men and 10% of women who have moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea don’t even know it, and these percentages are increasing quickly. With an increasing number of people with sleep problems, there’s also a growing need for sleep medicine physicians and sleep centers. In order to help meet this need, Dr. Barry Fields is a board-certified sleep medicine physician who works in telemedicine—reaching patients from all over the country who are unable to sleep and suffe...
Approaching Wellness – Dr. Thaddeus Gala, Founder and CEO of Complete Care – A Fascinating Look at How We Can Help Heal Ourselves With Lifestyle Changes and Nutritional Improvement
April 29, 2019 04:43 - 38 minutes - 33.7 MBDr. Thaddeus Gala, Founder and CEO of Complete Care, delivers a riveting overview of his work in integrative medicine. Dr. Gala is a skilled chiropractor who has given many of his career years to the goal of improving health and wellness for all. He is a sought-after lecturer on multiple topics related to wellness, including general nutrition, weight loss, management of diabetes, and more. Dr. Gala’s research has been published nationally and he is the successful author of notable publicati...
Insights on the Impact of Sleep Health from a Registered Nurse and Certified Clinical Sleep Educator—Terry Cralle
April 26, 2019 10:44 - 28 minutes - 25 MBThere are over 88 known sleep disorders, almost all of which are manageable or treatable, yet sleep deprivation remains an epidemic in the United States, and as the body of research on the impact of sleep on physical and mental health continues to grow, so too should the urgency with which people seek help. The associations between sleep and overall health haven’t been on anyone’s radar until recently. In fact, during her time in nursing school, Terry Cralle, RN didn’t even learn about the i...